Brush.



J. P. G. J. GUMINGS.

BRUSH. PPLIOATION FILED FER-20, 1914.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

is' brush as mentioned which will be ot durable o* said key engage the elongated slots 7 in 70 las cured rigidly to the body l and projecting cleansing fluid or paste from the surface 904 *entran originar leraar orrion,

linien ie. oonninssann ennrnnnn :L columnas, or cercano, rrlrlrnors.

sansa. il,a,.l',il95 reivetien 0f Letters Pfellf-i Patented, Feb. 2l., 1915.: .-v s....- v application filed cbitaery 20, inl/if.. Serial No. $19,925, To @it wam@ i@ may concern: when lie .device is in use, is adapted to con- Be it known, that We, JOHN l?. GUMMINGS tairwt el cleaning material which may be and Gfnn'rnunn J.v Columnas, citizens of the either in the form of a fluid or paste.- The United States, and residents of the city of mouth nii container l0 is threaded or other- 5 Chicago, countyy of Cookfand, State of llliwise .suitably connected with the outer end so nois, have invented certain new and useful of .passage 8, the outer' end of said body 'improvements in Brushes, of which the fol; being positioned centrally between the sides lowing, is a specification. O imndl 47 es Clearly Shown.; Provided at l, Gor invention relates to improvements in the, outer end of said container is the key 1l. ro brushes and has tor its object Vthe producthrough the medium of which said con- 65 tion oi a brush especially designed for use tainer is collapsed in ordento effect disin the application oil' a cleansing; fluid or charge therefrom in the usual manner, said aste. collapse being effected as is known through ift furtherobiectis the production of a rotation of said key. The opposite. ends and economicall c iinstruction and eilicient n the sides of handle i so that the latter serves in use. as a support or brace for the outer end of @ther objects `will appear hereinafter. the container in order to hold the saine m The invention consists in the combina proper operative v position in the handle. 2o tons and arrangements of' parts hereinafter The container is so arranged, as 1will be ob- 75 described and claimed. served, that, in using; the device, when the l The invention will be best understood by former is exhausted, the same may be reference to the accompanying drawing readily rernoved and a newer fresh one informing a part of this specification, and in sorted in its place. 25 which, i .in using the device, the stopper 9 is first 80 Figure 'i is a front elevation oi a brush removed and the key l1 rotated in order to embodying our invention, and Fig, 2 'is a press a part oi the contents of the container section taken on line m-.fc ci Fig. l. into the passage 8 and thence into the bris- The preferred forro. `of constructionA as ties 2. After the cleansing fluid or paste has an illustrated in the drawing comprisesaL cirbeen silnplied to the bristles 2, it isjtrans- 85 cular or cylindrical body l provided at opierred from the latter to the surface which posite sides with outwardly projecting brisit is desired to clean by rubbingthe bristles ties 2 and 23, said bristles being secured in thereover, as will be readily understood. the rneniber 1 in any suitable manner. 15e The bristles 3 are utilized in brushing the laterally therefrom is a handle Liformed oi cleaned, after said fluid or paste has dried.

tivo strands of wire wrapped together at When the device is no longer in use, the

points 5 and 6 so as to 'form a handle of .stopper 9 is reinserted in order to prevent substantially inverted tl-shape with elon- 'discharge from the passage 8.

4o grated slots providcdin the opposite sides While we have illustrated and described 95 thereof. The ends of said handle are forked the preferred form of construction for or bifurcated as shown .tor insertion into the carrying our invention into efi'ect, We do not brush body l. wish tobe limited thereto as there might be vFormed in the brush body 'i is a. passa e various changes made in the details of con- 45 8 one end of which communicates central y struction and the arrangements of parts de- 100 with the side of body libearing the bristles scribed without departing from the spirit 9 the opposite end of said, passage opening of the lnrention. For instance, a dilerentl outwardly in the periphery oai saidy body form of container l0 or supply for the pas@ :medially of the sides of handle Li., A resage 8 may be employed and the discharge so 'movable stopper 9 is provided ai; the end of end of said container may be tapered an 105 message 8 which communicates with bris rictionallyvengaged with the passage 8 intles 2 so that when desired said passage may stead of being in threaded connection there be stopped so as to prevent discharge there- ,with as described. ille, therefore, do not through4 Cooperating with the brush thus Wish to be limited to the exact details o ss .formed is 'a collapsible container' 1() jsvhich, construction set forth, but desire to avail 110 ourselves' of such Yariations'and moicetions as come within the scope oi' the appended claims.

Having described our invention what We 5lciaim as Vnew and desire to,secure by Letfters Patent iszo 1; A brush-comprising a. head, and a himdle made up of 4two inverted substantially U-shaped Wires twisted 'together at theirv N15 bight portions and :it points near the ends of their ieg portions, the ends of said wires being secured to said head, substantially as described. Y I

2. A brush comprising a head, and n himv15 die milder sifo of two inverted substantially U-shaped. wires twisted together at rtheir Liemers bight portici-s aiid at points near tiie evncis.,y

l of their leg gortions, the ends of said wires m being secure 4to said head; a mutex-iii! com taining receptacle between the wires of said in handleg-sn'd. a support secured to said receptaaie :md siidzibiy mounted between fsaid wires, substantially as describerL in testimony WhereoiZ We have signed our names to this specification in the presence 25 of two subscribing Witnesses. t

Jol-1N voili/mises. GERT-Roos .L CUMMiNos.l

Witnesses MARCEL Commis,

J. MOGlLL. 

